Tag: philanthropy
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Singer Makes Time Magazine’s “Most Influential People Shaping the Future of Giving”
Time magazine has included philosopher Peter Singer in its “Time 100 Philanthropy 2025,” its list of “the 100 most influential people shaping the future of…
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Cryptocurrency Chaos Affects Academic Grants (updated)
The team at FTX Future Fund, a philanthropy aimed at funding projects “to improve humanity’s long-term prospects,” including philosophers William MacAskill and Nick Beckstead,…
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The Philosopher Advising Billionaires on Philanthropy
“Advising billionaires on how to give away their money and encourage them to give more is definitely not where I saw my life going.”
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Oxford Receives $189 Million Gift to Support the Humanities
Oxford University announced it has received a £150 million (approximately $189 million) “transformational investment in the way Oxford teaches, researches, and shares the Humanities.”
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Philanthropy for Philosophy: Fleeting Fad or Fertile Future?
“Are we on the cusp of a philosophy giving golden age?”
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Untangling the Strings: The Limits of Acceptable Donor Influence in Academia (guest post by Chris Surprenant)
“Our donors are supporting our projects, not the other way around.” The following is a guest post* by Chris Surprenant, associate professor of philosophy…
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Philosopher Meets Philanthropist
William MacAskill, Oxford philosophy graduate student and soon-to-be fellow at Emmanuel College at Cambridge University, sits down with Peter Buffett (son of Warren Buffett) to…